Error when reconciling cluster with fixed nodeport

[alenkacz]

Version & Environment

Redpanda version: (use rpk version):
latest operator

What went wrong?

2021-12-14T14:19:38.463Z	ERROR	controller.cluster	Reconciler error	{"reconciler group": "redpanda.vectorized.io", "reconciler kind": "Cluster", "name": "rp-2675372", "namespace": "rp-2-361-949", "error": "unable to create Service resource: Service \"rp-2675372-external\" is invalid: spec.ports[0].nodePort: Invalid value: 31111: provided port is already allocated"}

[alenkacz]

looks like when nodeport service with fixed port get re-created, it does not return AlreadyExists but rather different error :(

➜  temp kubectl apply -f nodeport.yaml
service/my-service created
➜  temp kubectl apply -f nodeport.yaml
service/my-service unchanged
➜  temp kubectl create -f nodeport.yaml
The Service "my-service" is invalid: spec.ports[0].nodePort: Invalid value: 30007: provided port is already allocated